Construction Technician Supervisor - Davenport RCE

Are you ready to grow your strengths as a people-focused leader and make a meaningful impact on Iowa’s transportation system?

As our next Construction Technician Supervisor, you’ll bring a leadership mindset that elevates your team and every project you touch. You will assist the Resident Construction Engineer in the oversight, supervision, and administration of projects and staff assigned to the Davenport RCE Office. You will guide inspection staff through daily construction operations that keep Iowa’s highways safe and reliable. With your passion for developing others, commitment to safety and quality, and calm, solutions-focused approach, you’ll help keep work moving forward even when conditions shift.

In this role, you’ll represent the Iowa Department of Transportation with professionalism and integrity while contributing to the Iowa DOT’s Core Values: Safety First, People Matter, Customer Focused, Servant Leadership, and Integrity Without Exception. Your curiosity, dedication to continuous improvement, and service-oriented mindset reflect what it truly means to fulfill our mission of Making Lives Better Through Transportation.

Location: Davenport RCE Office

Shift: 7:00 AM–3:30 PM, Monday–Friday; Hours may vary with construction activity; may receive after-hours calls and occasional overnight travel.

As a Construction Technician Supervisor, your duties will include, but are not limited to: 

Lead and Support the Construction Team
 • Supervise, coach, and develop construction inspection and survey team, ensuring skill alignment, proper training, and overall team support.

Ensure Quality and Compliance in Field Inspections
 • Review project sites daily to confirm work meets specifications, traffic control is properly implemented, and safety regulations are followed.

Solve On-Site Technical and Constructability Issues
 • Address challenges such as utility conflicts, plan gaps, survey discrepancies, and site-specific conditions using sound engineering judgment.

Manage Project Changes and Contract Actions
 • Implement and negotiate plan revisions, approve extra work and item overruns within established limits, and assess value-engineering proposals.

Represent the Department with External and Internal Stakeholders
 • Communicate with contractors, property owners, utilities, railroads, media, and the public to resolve issues, coordinate schedules, and provide project updates.

Advance Technology, Testing, and Quality Assurance Practices
 • Apply evolving technologies and quality programs related to surveying, testing, QC/QA, and material evaluation to improve documentation and project outcomes.

Special Requirements:

As a State of Iowa employee, you will be eligible for the following benefits:

We encourage you to view more about the State of Iowa Employee benefits and costs at the State of Iowa Employee Benefits Website!

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The Iowa Department of Transportation is an equal-opportunity employer. If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing any screening, interviewing, pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the selection process, please direct your request to the Affirmative Action & Equal Employment Opportunity (AA/EEO) Officer at: aa-eeo@iowadot.us

Reasonable accommodation such as interpreter, translator, written materials, modified equipment/devices, ADA access, etc. This does not include scheduling needs. 

The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization. For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov

Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:

1) Graduation from an accredited college or university with an associate’s degree in civil engineering or a related field, and experience equal to five years of full-time work in engineering survey, construction inspection, materials inspection, or materials.
2) All of the following (a and b):
a. Three years of full-time work experience in engineering survey, construction inspection, materials inspection, or materials testing; and
b. A total of four years of education and/or full-time experience (as described in part a), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university coursework in civil engineering or a related field equals one year of full-time experience.
3) Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes one year of full-time work as a Construction Technician Senior.
4) Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes four years of full-time work as a Construction Technician or Highway Technician Senior.

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Travel, including overnight travel, may be required for positions in this class. Employees must arrange transportation to and from assigned work areas.

Positions in the Department of Transportation require that employees must obtain and maintain a minimum of a valid Class C Non-Commercial Operator’s License.